Definition of epithet Epithet

/ɛˈpʌθɛˌt/ - [eputhet] - ep•i•thet

We found 13 definitions of epithet from 6 different sources.

What does epithet mean?

Noun Plural: epithets
epithet - descriptive word or phrase
epithet - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
		name
		calumniation, hatchet job, traducement, calumny, defamation, obloquy a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

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epithet (Noun)
A term used to characterize a person or thing.
epithet (Noun)
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
epithet (Noun)
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
epithet (Noun)
A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name .

epithet (n.)
An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
epithet (n.)
Term; expression; phrase.
epithet (v. t.)
To describe by an epithet.

epithet
An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.
epithet
A descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name.

epithet
ep′i-thet, n. an adjective expressing some real quality of the thing to which it is applied, or an attribute expressing some quality ascribed to it: (Shak.) term, expression.—v.t. to term.—adj. Epithet′ic, pertaining to an epithet: abounding with epithets.—n. Epith′eton (Shak.), epithet. [Gr. epithetos, added—epi, on, tithenai, to place.]

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